New Spy DVDs Out This Week: Say U.N.C.L.E.!

Today is the day that the man from U.N.C.L.E. returns... in the 1983 CBS TV movie The Return of the Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The 15 Years Later Affair! And it's not just Napoleon Solo and Iyla Kuryakin returning. Notable former spies Patrick Macnee and George Lazenby also show up, with Macnee stepping in as Sir John Raleigh, a replacement for U.N.C.L.E. boss Mr. Waverly (owing to Leo G. Carroll's death in 1972) and Lazenby as a tuxedoed, Aston Martin-driving secret agent identified only as "JB". (Who could that be?) The TV movie, directed by Avengers stalwart Ray Austin, is naturally presented in its original fullscreen aspect ration, and the only extra is a trailer. Of course, U.N.C.L.E. fans don't need any extras for this disc to be a must-own. It's a requisite supplement to the fantastic box set Time-Life released of the series. Now all we need is the Sixties theatrical movies in Region 1, as they do differ slightly from the episodes from which they're cobbled...